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HENRY T. WHITE, OF MOUNT ORAB, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WRINGER.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed March 22, 1906. Serial No. 307,516.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. Wrn'rn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Oral), in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wringers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of clotheswringer, which, in the present embodiment, is illustrated as embodied inthe same struclO ture with a washboard.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and acl5 companying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wringer embodying the invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device, bringing out clearlythe mounting of the rubbing bars and the parts of the wringing device.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the arched spring which coacts with the wringing rollers.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the practical embodiment of the invention, a wringer embodying thesame is preferably comprised of the usual sides 1, and top 2. Therubbing bars 4: are

mounted between the sides 1. l The rubbing bars 4 are 3 0 preferablysquare in cross section to facilitate the cleansing of the clothes inthe washing operation, and said bars are so attached to the washboardthat the suds water may readily drain through the same as the clothesare rubbed against them in the practical use of .the invention. Theuppermost and lowermost of the rubbing bars are indicated at 5, saidbars being of substantially the same form in cross section as the bars4. The bars 5, however, are of hollow construction to receive the rods 5passing through said bars and through the sides 1. Nuts 6 applied to theouter ends of the rods 5 are adapted to be screwed hard against theouter faces of the sides 1 to firmly hold the said sides together andsubserve the rigidity of the structure materially.

Extending from a point near the uppermost of the bars 5, and formed inthe inner faces of the sides 1 are 11 and the bearings 9 are relativelyfixed, while those indicated at 8 are relatively movable, to admit ofvariation of pressure of the rollers with respect to one another.

The upper portions of the recesses 7 communicate with longitudinallydisposed slots receiving the journals of the upper roller 10 andcooperating with the said recesses to guide the roller in its movements.The rollers 10 and 11 are the usual rubber rollers and the means forvarying the pressure of the roller 10 against the roller 11 is arrangedin the space between the top 2 of the washboard and the said roller 10.The said means comprises an arched spring 13, the vertical end portions14 of which, bear against the upper sides of the bearings 8 of theroller 10. It will be observed that the angularly-disposed anddownwardly extending ends 14 of the spring 13 operate in the ways 7,being pre vented from lateral displacement from the bearings 8 by meansof said ways. The horizontal portion of the arched spring 13 is bulgedor curved upwardly at a point intermediate its ends, as shown at 15, theportion 15 being provided in its upper side with a recess or stepbearing receiving the lower end of an adjusting spindle 16. The spindle16 has a hand wheel 17 affixed thereto intermediate of its ends, theupper portion of said spindle being threaded and received in a threadedsocket 18 forming a part of a plate attached to the under side of thetop 2. The threaded connection established between the spindle 16 andthe socket 18, is such that when said wheel 17 is turned in onedirection, the spindle will be caused to move outwardly from the socketand exerting a pressure against the spring 13, will correspondinglyincrease the pressure of the roller 10 against the roller 11. Theformation of the upper horizontal member of the spring 13, with respectto the portion 15 thereof, is advantageous in that the ends of saidspring are caused to exert a vertical pressure upon the bearings 8. Thepressure of the roller 10 may thus be very readily regulated. One of thejournals of the roller 11 is extended outwardly from one of the sides 1to receive a crank handle 19 by which the wringing device is operated inthe customary way.

It will be noted that the device is of a very substantial structure andthat the parts thereof as well as those comprised in the wringingmechanism, are very compactly arranged in order to give the best resultsso far as the wear incident to the service of the article is concerned.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

V In a wringer, the combination of a pair of oppositely disposed sidepieces having longitudinal recesses formed in the inner faces thereof,the upper portions of the recesses communicating with slots, 21 topconnecting the side pieces, bearing blocks received within the lowerportions of the recesses, a lower roller journaled in the said bearingblocks, a second set of bearing blocks slidably mounted in the upperportions of the recesses, an upper roller journaled in the second set ofbearings, the journals of the upper roller being received by the beforementioned slots, a transversely disposed spring connecting the sidepieces, the ends of the spring being extended downwardly to engage thesecond set of bearing blocks and operating within the recesses, themiddle portion of the spring being arched upwardly and provided with astep bearing, a socket carried by the before mentioned top, and aspindle threaded I in the socket and engaging the step bearing toregulate 10 the pressure of the spring upon the bearing blocks of theupper roller.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY '1. WHITE. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W. L REMLEY, G. V. Hnenns.

